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In the “black hole” of the Hellenic Ministry of Defence, a regime of lawlessness survives. It is the result of the lack of transparency and the supposed confidentiality of actions and choices.

By serving the populist and anti-political slogan “Everyone is on the take”, the PM is erring on many levels, because when you cultivate disdain for the entire political system, it is certain that such a generalisation will one day knock on your own door.

A formal political decision on changes to the Greek budget, including the cancellation of pension cuts, is expected at an extraordianary Eurogroup meeting in November.

'There is no advice that we would get from Greece with regard to the delimitation techniques within the framework of international law,' a Turkish foreign ministry statement issued today said.

The ministry says the bill, with an annual cost of 10.5mn euros, restores justice and equality between newer employees and those with seniority

US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt averted a hot clash near Kastelorizi between a Greek frigate and the Turkish seismic research vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha, military analyst Thanasis Drougos revealed/

'He [Kammenos] spoke of secret funds. He also said that Soros is funding the government to buy off foreigners [to pass the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement],' former foreign minister Kotzias said in a bombshell interview.

The war of words between the two countries began when outgoing foreign minister Nikos Kotzias announced that Greece will issue a presidential decree exercising its right under international law to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea.

The ethnic Albanian Besa Movement and the Alliance for Albanians have said that their support for the Prespa Agreement will be contingent upon whether the revised constitution will include a provision that Albanian will be the country’s second official language,

After the government's political mockery of voters, there was not a single apology to the people who lost their homes, and whom the government described as wealthy parasites of society to boot.

The decision to remand in custody former defence minister Yannοs Papantoniou is an indication that something is rotten in the state of Denmark, especially after the conviction and imprisonment of former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos on similar charges.

Papantoniou and his wife, Stavroula Kourakou, were remanded in custody on 23 October, as investigating magistrates concluded that they pose a flight risk.

A large number of retirees are suing for the reinstatement of holiday bonuses that were abolished In addition, those who retired after May, 2016, whose pensions were cut a priori under the terms of a law tabled by the labour minister Yorgos Katrougalos, are suing to reverse the measure.

The couple will be tried on charges of receiving a 2.8mn Swiss Francs kickback from an arms deal, the upgrading of six Hellenic Navy frigates in 2003, and money laundering.

From the Parliament Speaker who transformed the legislature into a prosecutor’s office, to the unforgettable finance minister who offered economic lessons to the Eurogroup, and the junior coalition partner dressed as a military Marshal, the PM created a power system comprised on small Napoleons.

Kotzias, with his trademark megalomania, unnecessarily opened an issue and gave an equally megalomaniacal Turkish leadership the opportunity to bring to the forefront the 1995 decision of Turkey’s parliament, which state that an extension of Greek territorial waters constitutes a casus belli, or cause for war.

University and school students did their “revolutionary” duty by protesting with ideological constructs that are the remnants of what they view as the old, glorious era of the student movement, when it was fighting against the intensification of studies.

As much as the prime minister may try to reshuffle the deck of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks collaboration, nothing will change in essence.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has declared that, “The Turkish government is not about to allow Greece to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles.”

'Although Greece has the fiscal space this year, it is not sufficiently large to completely cancel pension cuts that have been agreed upon,' said ESM chief Klaus Regling